fragment

Object NameFragment of Wall Revetment

Made FromGlass

Date125 BCE-99 CE

Techniqueproabably rolled, cased

SizeOverall H: 7.4 cm

Accession Number74.1.67

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Glass from the Ancient World

Place Made

Roman Empire; possibly Rome; possibly Egypt

Physical DescriptionColorless glass overlaid with a thin layer of translucent deep royal blue glass, bubbly, pitted, some patches of thin iridescent weathering film; probably rolled out into a flat plaque and cased. Fragment preserves an unfired scene on the upper royal blue surface, a figure walking to the left in Egyptianizing style stands on a groundline, this line forms the upper border of a narrow register of rosettes, below was a series of heraldic griffins, all are painted in buff yellow color, griffin preserves traces of elaborate shading on its surface.
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